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来源类型 | Research reports and studies |
规范类型 | 报告 |
Structural transformation and employment creation: the role of growth facilitation policies in Sub-Saharan Africa | |
Dirk Willem te Velde and Christian Kingombe | |
发表日期 | 2012 |
出版年 | 2012 |
语种 | 英语 |
概述 | This report was prepared as background research for the World Development Report 2013 and focuses on employment creation and structural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
摘要 | Employment creation and structural transformation are amongst the two major challenges facing the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa at present. Based on the understanding that appropriate growth policies will be able to address these challenges, this paper examines whether special economic zones (SEZs) could be an important ingredient of such strategies. So far many African SEZs have been unable to create significant employment or foster structural change. This paper argues that SEZs may still play a more important role in SSA as long as SEZs are retooled to:
This involves taking risks which may only pay off when policies can be implemented consistently backed up by significant capacity and fit in with overall growth strategies. The evidence on the success and failure of using SEZs as a growth and employment policy tool seems to indicate that social cohesion, employment generation, and structural transformation are often found together. This research suggests there is a virtuous circle amongst social cohesion, good quality growth policies and beneficial outcomes, which in turn increases social cohesion. |
主题 | economic development ; sub-Saharan Africa |
URL | https://www.odi.org/publications/6992-structural-transformation-and-employment-creation-role-growth-facilitation-policies-sub-saharan |
来源智库 | Overseas Development Institute (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/508143 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Dirk Willem te Velde and Christian Kingombe. Structural transformation and employment creation: the role of growth facilitation policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2012. |
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